US Patent Issued to TriVascular on June 24 for "Bifurcated endovascular prosthesis having tethered contralateral leg" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,336,920, issued on June 24, was assigned to TriVascular Inc. (Santa Rosa, Calif.).

"Bifurcated endovascular prosthesis having tethered contralateral leg" was invented by Diego Aristizabal (Alameda, Calif.) and Michael V. Chobotov (Santa Rosa, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An endovascular delivery system includes a bifurcated and inflatable prosthesis including a main tubular body having an open end and opposed ipsilateral and contralateral legs defining a graft wall therein between. A tether is disposed securably disposed to the contralateral leg, and the contralateral leg is releasably restrained towards the ipsilateral leg teth...